Is the Government Gaslighting Us About UFOs?
Adam welcomes Zach Johnston (Uproxx) to discuss the idea that the American government is gaslighting us about UFOs.
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 268
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The Boston Marathon Bombing
Adam and Olivia delve into the litany of conspiracy theories that popped up around the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/cts266
Nov 14, 2023•55 min•Ep. 266
The Great Hack
Adam welcomes Jack Kelly and Jenn Scott to discuss a Netflix documentary about how social media stole the 2016 election and why it could very much happen again in 2024.
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 264
The Clinton Body Count
Adam welcomes comedians Connor McSpadden and Harry Riley to talk about a classic conspiracy theory that refuses to die. Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/ctscbc
Oct 24, 2023•47 min•Ep. 263
The Brainwash Defense (and Other Conspiracy News)
Adam and Olivia welcome Andy Sell to talk about RFK Jr's not-at-all-shocking stance on 9/11, a surprising defense strategy from Trump's fake electors in Michigan, Giuliani v. Hunter Biden, and so much more! Show Notes: https://youdontshow.link/cts262
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 262
Who Killed Superman?
Adam welcomes comedian Atif Myers to discuss the strange death of George Reeves, the first actor to play Superman on television. Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/cts260
Sep 26, 2023•47 min•Ep. 260
The Magic Bullet Theory Reconsidered
Adam and Olivia discuss the infamous theory that a single magic bullet caused most of the injuries in the JFK assassination and the account of a former Secret Service agent that blows that theory up. The Magic Bullet Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-bullet_theory The New York Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/us/politics/jfk-assassination-witness-paul-landis.html
Sep 12, 2023•49 min•Ep. 258
Our Impending Civil War (and Other Conspiracy News)
Adam and Connor discuss Sarah Palin's civil war threat, Rudy Giuliani's election day drinking, the connections between Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein, and so much more! Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/ctsep257
Sep 05, 2023•54 min•Ep. 257
Book Club: The Keepers - An Alien Message For the Human Race
Adam and Olivia discuss alien abductee Jim Sparks and his book The Keepers: An Alien Message For the Human Race.
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 255
Milton William Cooper Revisited
Originally recorded and released as a subscriber only bonus episode in June, 2022. Available publicly for the first time. Adam goes it alone to discuss the weird and complicated legacy of Milton William Cooper, author of one of history's most enduring conspiracy theory books.
Aug 15, 2023•43 min
Did Congress Just Read A Letter Written By Aliens?
Adam and Olivia discuss those recent UFO hearings and a wild rumor that started as a result of them. Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/ctsep254
Aug 10, 2023•50 min•Ep. 254
My Favorite Conspiracy: CE5 (w/Connor McSpadden)
Adam talks to sometime CTS co-host Connor McSpadded about UFO expert Steven Greer and his Close Encounter of the Fifth Kind methodology.
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 252
The Nazi 440hz Conspiracy
Adam and special guest Travis Clark discuss a wild theory that claims the Nazis changed the tuning of musical instruments to make everybody sad. Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/ctsep251
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 251
Canadian Wildfire Conspiracies
Adam and Olivia dive into the myriad conspiracy theories that have sprung up around the Canadian wildfires that enveloped the US East Coast in smoke recently. Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/ctsep249
Jun 27, 2023•52 min•Ep. 249
Fox and the Big Lie
Adam welcomes special guest Samantha Jane to discuss a highly controversial Australian Broadcasting Company documentary about Fox News and their involvement in spreading false claims about the 2020 United States presidential election. Watch the documentary here: Pt. 1 - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-23/fox-and-the-big-lie:-how-the-network-promoted/13510238 Pt. 2 - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-30/fox-and-the-big-lie---part-two/13520230...
Jun 13, 2023•59 min•Ep. 247
The Strange Death of Shane Todd
Adam and Olivia look into the highly suspicious 2012 death of American Shane Todd in Singapore. Reference Links: Original Financial Times Article http://ig-legacy.ft.com/content/afbddb44-7640-11e2-8eb6-00144feabdc0 The Coroner’s Inquest https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23198540 Key Evidence Destroyed By Singapore Government https://www.cbsnews.com/news/singapore-government-destroyed-evidence-in-us-engineers-death/ Two Experts Rule Suicide Notes Weren’t Written By Shane https://www.cbsnews.com...
May 30, 2023•50 min•Ep. 246
Operation Urgent Fury
Adam and Oliva take a deep dive into the notorious 1983 United States invasion of the tiny island nation of Grenada and the nonsense excuses the Reagan administration gave for why it needed to happen. Show notes: https://unpops.co/3I5WyQ7
May 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 244
UFOs and the Intelligence Community
Originally recorded and released as a subscriber-only bonus episode back on November, 2022 and now available free to the public for the first time! On this episode, Adam and Olivia review one of the most alarming UFO documentaries available on Amazon.
May 09, 2023•47 min
True Crime Sucks - There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane
Adam welcomes his Pretty Scary co-host Cindy Aravena to kick off an all-new podcast in the absolute heaviest and most emotionally devastating way possible...by covering the 2011 HBO documentary There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane. Check out the next episode here: https://unpops.co/truecrimesucks
May 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Important Announcements of Huge Importance
We have lots of updates! And this is where you can hear them! Listen now for news about a very special level of the Unpops Patreon and Supercast, a new podcast from the makers of Pretty Scary, the return of the Limp Bizkit podcast, and so much more!
May 01, 2023•18 min
The Mothership Theory
Adam and special guest co-host Katrina Davis talk conspiracy news involving shocking UFO theories from the Pentagon, a controversial plan to boost recruitment in the Georgia Army National Guard, the return of J.R. Majewski, and so much more! Show notes: https://unpops.co/3L86Pxg
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 243
The Indictment of Donald Trump
Adam and Olivia dive into the historic indictment of former United States President Donald Trump and the various conspiracy theories surrounding it. Show notes: https://unpops.co/3nRQYcS
Apr 06, 2023•55 min•Ep. 241
The Storming of Brazilian Congress Pt. 2
Adam and Olivia delve into the eerie similarities between the attacks on Brazil's Congress on January 8, 2023 and the storming of the US Capitol building almost two years to the day prior. Show notes: https://unpops.co/3lKUnd3
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 240
MK Ultra and Social Media
Adam welcomes special guest Zach Johnston to defend his belief that social media is a continuation of the American government's notorious MK Ultra program. Show notes: https://unpops.co/3LETxcc
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 239
Too Hot For Alien Con
Adam and Olivia try and fail to get press passes to Alien Con 2023, and then decide to go anyway.
Mar 14, 2023•58 min•Ep. 238
The Duel of the Sarah Lawrence College Cult Docs
Adam and special guest co-host Kym Kral discuss the highly strange tale of Larry Ray and the Sarah Lawrence College Cult and the differences between the two competing documentaries that cover the story.
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 237
The Storming of Brazilian Congress Pt. 1
Adam and Olivia look into the recent political unrest in Brazil and the disturbing parallels to what's happening in the United States right now. Show notes: https://unpops.co/3xiFQYh
Feb 14, 2023•47 min•Ep. 235
Documentary Review: This Place Rules
Adam and special guest Jenn Scott discuss the HBOMax documentary This Place Rules and the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding its creator, journalist Andrew Callaghan.
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 233
My Favorite Conspiracy: Hollow Moon (w/Travis Clark)
Adam welcomes his You Don't Even Like This Band co-host Travis Clark to defend his staunch belief that Earth's moon is actually a hollow spaceship.
Jan 24, 2023•54 min•Ep. 232
Two Face: The Grey (Documentary Review)
Adam and Olivia review the second part of a documentary trilogy that claims to show the most definitive proof yet that ghosts are real. Except also maybe they're aliens. Or robots? Documentary Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12760568/ Pretty Scary podcast about the first documentary: https://anchor.fm/prettyscary
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 230
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